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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
I have to disagree just based on the fact that the player taken will be watched by flames fans over his entire career salivating at what could have been and that in my opinion is greater punishment than seeing a rival pick them up
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Agreed...the Oilers/Canucks will have set odds to win the lottery and it will either happen or it won't.
League-wide ridicule and 15 years of "what could have been" comparisons is not at all appealing, just for the false impression that we did our part to "block" them from drafting higher.